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books by Carol Bodensteiner

Books by Carol Bodensteiner

Simple Truth
It's the perfect job. Angela's ticket up the career ladder. Until she suspects her new client of exploiting immigrant workers. As Angela immerses herself in the company and the town, she is faced with challenges similar to the company's immigrant workers. How will she navigate a new system and succeed in the face of obstacles and injustices she doesn't understand? Forced to confront her own [...]

Go Away Home
For an Iowa farm girl in 1913, Liddie Treadway has big dreams. She yearns to move to town, learn a trade, and live on her own. With encouragement from career-minded Aunt Kate, her goals seem within reach until her unmarried sister is sent away for becoming pregnant and her father dies in a tragic accident. Now the family needs Liddie more than ever, and she's certain she'll be trapped on the farm [...]

Growing Up Country - Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl
A treat as delicious as oatmeal cookies hot out of the oven - a memoir of a happy childhood. In charming and memorable vignettes, Carol Bodensteiner captures rural life on a family-owned dairy farm in the middle of America, in the middle of the 20th Century. In the 1950s, a family could make a good living on 180 acres. It was hard work, but everyone pitched in. Step back and relish a time simple [...]